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The immune markers that predict who can keep SARS-CoV-2 in check

People infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 cleared the virus more quickly if they had high levels of certain immune cells.
T lymphocyte, SEM. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a T lymphocyte (type of white blood cell). T lymphocytes are immune cells, involved in destroying infected or cancerous cells, both directly and by coordinating their destruction.

An immune cell called a T-cell (artificially coloured). A person’s ability to clear the virus that causes COVID-19 is predicted in part by their post-infection levels of a particular kind of T cell. Credit: NIH/SPL

A trial that examined the intricacies of the body’s response to infection with SARS-CoV-2 has identified some key immune cells and proteins associated with clearing the virus1.

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Nature 626, 695 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00411-2

References

  1. Wagstaffe, H. R. et al. Sci. Immunol. 9, eadj9285 (2024).

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